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CVE-2018-7052

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-7052 describes a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in Irssi versions prior to 1.0.7 and 1.1.1, affecting various distributions including Canonical and Debian Linux. This flaw allows for a denial-of-service condition when the number of open windows exceeds the available display space. Rated 7.5 HIGH on CVSS, it is network-exploitable with low complexity, requiring no user interaction or privileges, and primarily impacts availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irssi:irssi:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0231 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: irssi
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: irssi

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-7052Low

irssi: Denial of Service (DoS) due to a NULL pointer dereference

Feb 2, 2018

References

openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2018/02/15/1
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
irssi.org / security/irssi_sa_2018_02.txt
MitigationVendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3590-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4162
Third Party Advisory